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Stop Treating B2B Customers Like Digital Novices

Harvard Business Review

Consumer-facing (B2C) companies like these and many others have long realized the power of online digital networks to address the questions or issues of their customers. ” In the B2B world, though, the experience is very different. This is seldom a good approach. What should the company have done instead? Reputation.

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How B2B Marketers Can Get Started with Social Media

Harvard Business Review

Many B2B CEOs still believe that social media isn’t right for them. But social media marketing can offer B2B marketers a range of benefits if they take advantage of it, from increasing engagement and influencing decision making before the sales call to customizing sales messages and enhancing their company’s reputation.

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